Hair removing device



1949- MAGNUS HAIR REMOVING DEVICE Filed Aug. 18, 1948 Patented Aug. 30, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,480,252

HAIR REMOVING Device Louise- L, Maghus, oiiicieg't, in; Aziw'nlidation August 18, 1948, seen No; 44,950 10 Claims; (01. 'i28 -3'5'5J) The present invention relates to anovel hair removing device for the quick and efiective removal or extraction or superfluous or unwanted hairs from the race, arins: or legs of the body, air-id to a novel means and manner of removing su'eh hair;

Animportant object of the present invention is the provision of a novel manually or mechani e'ally operated means amt mechanism for the removal or superfluous hairs from any desired portion of the body.

The present invention further comprehend'sa rio'velcombination and assembly of rollers and adhesive tape so constructed and arranged as to quickly; conveniently and positively remove unwar'itect hairs from the arms, legs, eyebrows or other portionsof the face; I H

Rhothe'i im orter obj ct is to plbvi'd' a novel hair remover requiring but a single roli or coil ofadi-isive tape that may be reused and in which device is" erovieee a pen of rollers for the tape, one operating a feed or supply roller and the other as; atalkup rol lr', not thee r'c'allers being reversible whereof the tape may" be used and reused so as it is capetre' of functioning to a-ccone' 'ilish the desired resm't.

A object of the presentin- 1 e provision of at novel construction and arrejiig'einent of ober'ating roillaone of which is' l'oose' and over which the tape is drawn and which is in cont'ig'uous; relation with one or more fikefi ro'll's' whereby the hairs are engaged and arfhere to the exposeu adhesive surface or the time il'id' are thej'frdr'awn' arid clalrhli'ed between t 170056 n n u us rolls and removed by a quick jerk or pull.

Furth r ohiects are to rovide a, can-summon of si'r'npli'city, eificienjoy, economy and ease of a sembly and operation, and such further ohhts, ad fi a' and co abilities as will later more fully appear and are, inherently possessed. y, l

invention further resides in the construction, eerntme'tlien arrangement: of parts illustrat'e'ti in the aeeomeanymg' drawings; andwvhile i. c is shown-thiamine preferred embodiment, it is'td be? un'dersiteqd that" the same is susceptible of modification and'chan'ge, and comprehends other dc-tnils,=arrangem'enisof parts features and constructions withoutdeparting from the spirit of invention.

In the drawing:

Figure lii'sa View in front elevation of the novel Fig: 2 is a iew side elevationthereof.

Fig; is a" fragmentary enlarged: view in vertieei crosssectionof the hair removal end or portion of the device, the view being taken on the line xii- 3 of Fig; 1.

Fig. 4 is1a view in vertical crossv section taken in a; plane represented bythe line twi l of Fig. 1.

E ie 5* is a' fragmentary, disassembled view .ng in vertical cross section one of the rollers operating as e; take-up. roller and in front. or end elevation the detacha'bie operating knob and stub shaft, and which; dis-close the manner of detachably connecting thee members.

Fig. Gris a fragmentary view ert: invertical cross section and p'art' inf-ront or end elevation showinganother form ofconnection bet-w'een a; ta'keeup roller andthe stuof shaft: on the knob for detachably connectin these parts.

Fig; 7' is a top plan View of an alternate construction of hair remover,- a portion thereof beinghroken away to. more clearly snow the actua'ting fiiechanis'rn.

Fig. 8' is a; View in side elevation of the device of '2. v

Referring mOre-eamemeny to the novel finetrative er'ntiodimen't disclosed in Figs. 1 to 5' inelusive; the hair remover therein snfdwn' comprises a frairfi'e orsupport consisting" of spa'cefi pmtes l and Z a corfne'ctzir 3; the la'itter being disposed bet-Ween and s anning the opposite plates whereby to support and mount the'i'atter thereon by means 6; rivets or} other securing means {L This ecrmector is preferabl'y in the'ro rn of asol'i'd section er of bar Stock having its forward end 5 rounded and so disposed to provide a guide s'urfa'c over which rides the" rear or untreated side ofef roll or ccilof 12231566.

Rotatably' mounted in the obbo's'it side mates i and? of the framers e; peril of rllef'rsj and 8, one operating as a' feed er'sue'piy roller 1 and the other as a; take-uprollr 8, each having its 0pnosite" reduced n'd's 9 freely journalleti or rotatably mounted inthe seecedpl'ate's I and 2. Due to the present novel construction and: arrangement, either roll'e'r may be em loyed as the feed or supply roller to supply the strip' or coil of adhesiv'e tape 6 to a' pair" of relatively closely spaced rotatable members 01 rolls I I and I'Z'h'a'ving their reduced ends l3journa'1-le'd or rdtata-bly mounted-in the forward and reduced endis' I4 of the spacedplates I; and 2. Tape from the feed or supply roller isfedbetween one of these rolls and; over a loose; or floating pin or roller r5 disposed. somewha forwardly of and intermediate he rolls H; nd- !2; anct back betweenthis loose or floating pin or roll I and the other of these rolls. The floating pin or roll I5 is free of and its ends spaced inwardly from the side plates and 2 (see dotted lines in Fig, 1) and movable relative to these side plates and to the rolls H and i2 journalled in the side plates, and applies tension to the tape at either side thereof, depending upon which of the rollers I or 8 is the feed or supply roller and which is the take-up roller.

To operate the device and assuming the roller -8 is the take-up roller and an end of the tape from the feed or supply roller 1 has been fed between the rolls |2 and I5 and attached to the take-up roller 8, a knob I6 having a stub shaft H is attached to the roller 8 for rotating the latter to withdraw tape from the feed or supply roller i. To provide for such detachable connection, the stub shaft I! is of such length as to extend but part way into the hollow rollers I and 8, and is provided with a slotted end l8 adapted to engage a cross pin |9 in the hollow rollers whereby when the slotted end is aligned with the cross pin, the latter enters the slot and rotation of the knob l6 and the stub shaft I1 .is transmitted to the pin I9 and its roller.

Fig. 6 shows an alternate manner of detachably connecting the knob to either of the rollers l or 8 for rotating these members and the tape 6. In this form, a squared or polygonal stub shaft 2| is attached to the knob and adapted to be conformably received in a complementary opening 22 in therollers and '8. In either form of the detachable connection, either the roller 1 or the roller 8 may be the supply or feed roller and the other the take-up roller, whereby the tape may be moved in either direction and reused over and over again.

In Figs. '7 and 8 there is disclosed an alternate construction of hair remover comprising a frame or housing 23 having a top plate 24 and downwardly projecting side plates 25 and 26. The top plate at its forward end 21 is flared downwardly and outwardly to provide a guard or guide to separate the hairs that are to remain from those to be removed. This structure is particularly applicable to the arching or removal of unwanted hairs from the eyebrows. Like the preceding form shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, a pair of rollers 28 and 29 are provided, the upper roller 28 being the supply or feed roller and the lower roller 29 the take-up roller. As shown in Fig. 8, the upper roller 23 is illustrated as initially receiving the tape 3|] with the end of the tape being fed or passed under an upper roll 3| rotatably mounted in the frame or housing by having its opposite ends journalled in the opposite'side'plates 25 and 26. The end of thetape is then fed or passed over a floating or loose roll 32 which is free of and spaced inwardly of the side plates 25 and 2S and over the lower roll 33 having its ends journalled in the opposite side plates 25 and 26 in the same manner as roll 3|. Thus the rolls 3| and 33 are rotatably mounted in the frame in spaced relation and the loose or floating roll 32 is disposed between and somewhat forwardly of the rolls 3| and 33 in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 8.

In either form of the invention, after the roll of tape has been wholly or partially used or exhausted from the feed or supply roller, the knob and its stub shaft are removed from the opening in the take-up roller and inserted into the opening of the roller that was previously the feed or supply roller, whereupon the latter roller functions as the take-up roller and rotation of this latter roller in a direction to wind thereon the tape from the other roller, reverses the withdrawal of the tape and permits its reuse. Such reversal may be accomplished so long as the tape is satisfactory for reuse.

In the device of Figs. '7 and 8 employing the guard or guide 21 adjacent the rolls 3|, 32 and 33, and with the tape moving in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 8, the floating roll 32 and the lower roll 33 cooperate to remove hairs grasped therebetween. In this form when the tape has been exhausted, the operator can insert the stub shaft 2| on the knob 34 into the opening in the upper roller 28 and completely or partially rewind the tape onto this roller for reuse. After such rewinding, the stub shaft of the knob is removed and again inserted in the opening of the lower or take-up roller and the device is ready for operation in the manner explained above.

In the device of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, after the tape has been used, all that is required is for the operator to remove the stub shaft H of the rotatable knob H, or the stub shaft 2| on the knob 20 if the construction of Fig. 6 is being employed, from the lower or take-up roller 8 and to insert this stub shaft into the opening of the upper roller 1 which was previously the feed or supply roller. Thereupon the roller 1 becomes the take-up roller and its manual rotation by the operator in a direction to wind thereon the tape, removes the tape from the roller 8. The tape in this latter operation is moved in a direction 0pposite to that previously mentioned. As shown in Fig. 4, when the roller 8 is the take-up roller, the tape moves in the direction of the arrow at and the hair is removed by engagement between the loose or floating roll I5 and the lower roll l2, and when the roller 1 is the take-up roller, the hairs are grasped between the loose or floating roll l5 and the upper roll H as the tape is then moved in the direction of the arrow 1).

In View of the above remarks, it will be apparent that the present novel invention is highly effective in. the removal of any unwanted or excess hairs from any part of the body. Furthermore, it will be evident that it is a simple matter to remove such hairs by placing the operative end of the device with the exposed adhesive surface of the tape against the surface of the body containing the hairs to be removed, rotating the knob whereby the hairs adhering to the adhesive on the tape are drawn between the loose or floating roll and the adjacent roll between which the tape passes upon rotating of the knob. When these hairs to be removed are securely grasped in this manner between the rolls, a quick pull or jerk on the device will remove such hairs quickly and effectively.

Having thus disclosed the invention, I claim:

1. A h-air removing device for the extraction of superfluous hairs, comprising a supporting frame, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted in the frame, a coil of tape adapted to be fed from one of said rollers and received upon the other roller, and a plurality of spaced rolls over which the tape is drawn as it is fed from said one roller to the other and between which the hairs to be removed are grasped.

2. A hair removing device for the extraction of unwanted hairs from the face, arms or other parts of the body, comprising a supporting frame, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted in the frame and one of which is provided with a supply of adhesive tape and the other is adapted to receive the adhesive tape from the first mentioned roller after it has been used, and a plurality of rolls disposed adjacent an end of the frame and over which the tape is fed to and from said rollers, said rolls being freely rotated and spaced apart an amount sufiicient to allow the tape to pass between adjacent rolls and apply requisite tension to the tape whereby the hairs to be removed are drawn between adjacent rolls by the tape for removal.

3. A hair removing device for the removal of unwanted or superfluous hairs, comprising a pair of spaced plates providing a support, a coil of tape, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted between said plates one providing a feed roller and the other a take-up roller for the tape, and a plurality of coacting rolls over which the tape passes from the feed to the take-up roller and between which are clamped the hairs to be removed as these hairs are drawn by the tape into the bite of the rolls as the rollers are rotated to move the tape.

4. A hair removing device for the removal of unwanted or superfluous hairs, comprising a support, a coil of adhesive tape rotatably mounted in the support, means for moving the tape, a plurality of freely rotatable rolls with the tape mounted to pass between the rolls and to be drawn thereover, one of said rolls being journalled in the support and another being free of the support and adapted to exert tension to the tape as it passes between said rolls, whereby when said rolls and tape are placed against the portion or the body from which the hairs are to be removed and the tape is drawn between the a rolls, the tape carries along therewith and between the rolls the hairs to be removed and when the device is quickly pulled away from the body, the hairs grasped by the rolls and tape are removed.

5. A device for the quick and efiective removal of unwanted or superfluous hair from the face, arms or other parts of the body, comprising a support, hair removal rotatable members carried by the support, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted in the support, a coil of adhesive tape having its opposite ends connected to said rollers and movable over the hair removal members with one of the rollers providing a tape supply roller and the other a take-up roller upon which the used tape is wound, means for rotating said rollers for supplying tape to the hair removal members, and means for reversing rotation of said rollers when the tape on the feed roller has been substantially exhausted whereby the previous supply roller thereupon becomes the take-up roller and the previous take-up roller thereupon be comes the supply roller and the tape is reused by the operator.

6. A device for the quick and eifective removal of unwanted or superfluous hair from the face, arms or other parts of the body, comprising a support having spaced side walls, rotatable rolls provided at one end of the support and between the side walls, one of said rolls being offset with respect to the other rolls and free With respect to the support, a pair of rollers disposed between and journalled in the side plates, adhesive tape joined at its opposite ends to said rollers and 6 its intermediate portion passing over the rolls, and means for rotating the rollers whereby the tape may be drawn over the free roll and between it and the adjacent rolls and reused.

7. A hair removal device for the extraction of unwanted or superfluous hairs from the body, comprising a supporting frame, a pair of rolls rotatably mounted in spaced relation at one end of the frame, a freely rotatable and loosely positioned roll free of the frame and disposed forwardly of and intermediate said pair of rolls, adhesive tape carried by the frame and means for feeding the adhesive tape between the pair of rolls and over the loosely positioned roll whereby the latter roll is carried by and applies tension to the tape as the tape is moved thereover.

8. A hair removal device for the extraction of unwanted hairs from the body, comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of rotatable and closely spaced rolls at one end of the frame with one of said rolls being loosely positioned with respect to and free of the frame, and a pair of rollers spaced from said rolls and carrying a coil of adhesive tape adapted to be fed from one of t e rollers, over the loosely positioned roll and in contact with the other rolls and back to the other roller, whereby hairs to be removed are engaged by the adhesive tape over the loose roll and drawn into the bite between the last mentioned roll and an adjacent roll when the tape is drawn thereover and extracted by a quick pull.

9. A device for the removal of unwanted or superfluous hairs, comprising a support, a feed roller provided with a coil of adhesive tape and a take-up roller for receiving the used tape, a plurality of freely rotatable members provided at one end of the support and including one or more members journalled in the support and a member free of the support and loosely positioned with respect to the other member and movable relative thereto, the tape from said feed roller passing over the loose member and between said member and its adjacent member and back to the take-up roller, and means for rotating said take-up roller to withdraw tape from the feed roller when the tape about the loose member is placed over the hairs to be removed, whereby said hairs are drawn into and gripped between the adjacent members.

10. A hair removing device for the extraction of unwanted or superfluous hairs, comprising a supporting frame, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted in the frame, a coil of tape adapted to be fed from one of said rollers and received upon the other roller, a, plurality of spaced rolls over which the tape is drawn as it is fed from said one roller to the other and between which rolls the hairs to be removed are grasped, and a guard adjacent the rolls for separating the hairs to remain from those to be extracted.

LOUISE L. MAGNUS.

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